Check Yo Privilege

Ways to meet the minimum standard of a decent human being

 

General (people are scum)

  • “It’s just a joke” is not an excuse.
  • You can’t speak for who you aren’t. Stop that.
  • You don’t tell someone whose toe you just stepped on “Be nicer!” when they tell you to get off their toe, so don’t tell me that when you’re being oppressive.
  • Majorities can not be oppressed or discriminated against. Full stop.
  • I charge by the hour, if you want me to educate you. If you’re looking for a free education, though, I suggest you try Google.
  • That’s our word. You don’t get to say it. Unfair? Tough shit.
  • Don’t have a uterus? All right, let those of us who do talk about reproductive rights.

Mayo (White people)

  • I could not care less about what your “POC friend” thinks.
  • I’m not exotic. Do I look like a peacock to you? I’m a human fucking being.
  • We can’t all be so lucky to have police that treat us like human beings.
  • Yes, I’m really a person of colour.

Men (“people”)

  • Notice how everyone listens to you in the real world? Well we don’t care what you have to say here. Sit down and listen
  • No one cares about what the shit your genitalia thinks or feels.
  • For someone who knows jack shit about this issue, you sure speak with a lot of authority.
  • No one gives a shit if it’s a “statistical fact” that there are more men on the internet, so stop assuming everyone is male.

Abled

  • Don’t tell me how I’m brave and inspirational. This is my every day life, I didn’t choose it, I’m just living.
  • You say I can’t work? Try me!
  • Just because I “don’t look disabled” doesn’t mean I’m able-bodied. Not all disabilities are readily apparent.
  • If you tell me I’m doing it to get out of work, I swear to Thor I will find the will to somehow regain my ability to walk, just so I can kick you in the face.

Grues (cis folks)

  • Have you asked this person their pronoun? No? Well why are you using he/she?
  • No one cares how “brave” you think trans* people are. Seriously.
  • Opinion on disclosure? That’s nice. Get out.
  • “Ally” of trans* people, but wouldn’t date a trans woman? Think trans people are icky? Get out
  • Think someone who presents as male, but identifies as female is just male? GET OUT!
  • Your ideas on “women born women,” chromosomes, “trans women with male privilege,” and “biological women” are bad and you should feel even worse for thinking them.
  • Did I ask you for “passing” tips?!
  • Cis women are not the only people affected by anti-choice/anti-reproductive rights legislation.

Westerners/Americans

  • Stop trying to apply your solutions to every nation on Earth. We have different dynamics and problems. Just hush.
  • Who the hell is Mitt Romney and why should I care?
  • What the hell is “African culture?” Africa isn’t a country. Stop attributing non-Western cultures to an entire continent.

Bourgeoisie Pigs (middle and upper class)

  • I can barely afford my nightly instant ramen. Take your iPad woes somewhere else. buys into the idea that poor folks don’t/can’t have nice things

Breeders (straight people)

  • Why are you making assumptions about my partner(s)’ gender?
  • I will not give you a cookie just because you don’t hate queer people.
  • Queer bars are not your personal zoo.

Assimilationists (binary identified)

  • Binary-identified people, just because you don’t understand my gender doesn’t mean mine doesn’t exist.
  • I don’t care if you think my pronouns are ridiculous, if your thoughts about them being silly outweigh my personal comfort, fuck you.

Deaf-impaired (hearing)

  • Let me hear with my hearing aid!